November, 1920 
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and as dirty and disreputable in appear- 
ance as mud and slime could make us. 
“Deacon,” I muttered, as I surveyed 
the hobo-looking personage beside me, 
“you better go home and wash up.” 
“That’s just where I am going right 
now,” he retorted, “and you better let 
out another sled-length in those long legs 
of yours, for I am going to hit a fast 
clip.” 
So, we set out for home, where awaited 
us food and drink, hot and comforting — 
those twin ministers to weary man, and 
the repose, doubly welcome and refresh- 
ing, that follows a hunting jaunt as ar- 
duous as it was successful. 
So closes the account of one November 
day when that prince of game birds, the 
jacksnipe, lured us from the delights of 
duck shooting. Would that he made the 
prairie marshes more often his home, 
and his stay a longer one. Changeable 
as the weather, fickle as fortune, and as 
fanciful in his flight as in his habits, he 
yet retains many of the prime charac- 
teristics of a real game bird. And that 
he should be a succulent morsel, when 
properly cooked, goes without saying, 
for it would be unthinkable that a bird 
who possesses so many admirable quali- 
ties while living, should prove a delin- 
quent in the last office which he can ren- 
der to man. 
To him I doff my hat, gallant, hand- 
some, lovable little game bird, the Wiz- 
ard of the Wetlands. 
THE CALL OF THE SURF 
H OWEVER much civilization has en- 
croached upon its shores, the ocean 
still remains a reservoir of un- 
tamed nature, offering limitless possi- 
bilities of high adventure to the angler. 
There was need of a book calling atten- 
tion to the charm and possibilities of 
surf-fishing, now happily filled by “The 
Call of the Surf”, written by Van Camp- 
en Heilner and Frank Stick, with verses 
by Philip A. La Vie, three devotees of 
this kind of fishing. The narrative, which 
deals mainly with fishing on the New 
Jersey Coast, has atmosphere and local 
color. 
It is to be regretted that there are a 
number of slight errors in the book of 
a kind to escape the professional proof 
reader (such as technical names of fish 
misspelled) , probably indication that it 
was rushed through the press too rapidly 
for proper attention by the authors. This 
is unfortunate in a volume that rings 
so true and aims to be authoritative, and 
will doubtless be rectified in later editions. 
“The Call of the Surf” is full of hu- 
man interest, appreciation of natural 
beauties, and sound philosophy; the last 
two perhaps a fisherman’s greatest con- 
tribution to the world at large. Well 
named and well written, it reads as easily 
as to watch the changing breakers, the 
rote of the sea running through it like 
a golden thread. 
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